Arkansas · NAICS 21 · Annual, 2025

Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction in Arkansas

Employment, establishments and average pay for NAICS 21 in Arkansas, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction (NAICS 21) employed about 3,130 people in Arkansas across roughly 384 establishments, with average annual pay of $77,840.

Employment in Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction in Arkansas declined 10.3% from 2024 to 2025. Employment fell 65.6% from 2011 to 2025. QCEW withheld part of this figure for Arkansas; DTG's estimate is shown, with a reliability score of 0.99. Quarterly values, full industry detail and projections to 2036 for Arkansas are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

  • 3,130Employment, 2025
  • 384Establishments
  • $77,840Avg. annual pay
  • 0.2%Share of Arkansas jobs
  • 0.65Location quotient

The 2025 figures above are a DTG estimate: Estimated · 0.99. † Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all ownerships

Employment in Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction in Arkansas, 2004–2025Line chart of annual employment from 2004 to 2025, from 3,930 to 3,130.02.5K5K7.5K10K20042010201520202025

Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 3,930; 2005 4,140; 2006 4,920; 2007 6,840; 2008 8,330; 2009 8,180; 2010 8,360; 2011 9,100; 2012 8,710; 2013 7,580; 2014 6,750; 2015 5,890; 2016 4,150; 2017 3,800; 2018 3,820; 2019 3,790; 2020 3,480; 2021 3,310; 2022 3,360; 2023 3,480; 2024 3,490; 2025 3,130.

Last ten years

Annual · 10 years

YearEmploymentEstab.Avg. annual payChangeSource
20253,134384$77,844 10.3%est. · 0.99
20243,493377$75,148 0.5%pub.
20233,476395$73,470 3.4%pub.
20223,361384$71,282 1.6%pub.
20213,310408$67,224 4.9%pub.
20203,478432$66,266 8.3%pub.
20193,792428$65,157 0.7%pub.
20183,820429$65,944 0.7%pub.
20173,795443$64,450 8.6%pub.
20164,151476$65,349 29.5%pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.

By subsector, 2025

3-digit NAICS · 3 shown

CodeSubsectorEmploymentShare of mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extractionLQSource
211Oil and Gas Extraction32710.4%0.33est. · 0.94
212Mining (except Oil and Gas)1,76056.2%1.11pub.
213Support Activities for Mining1,04633.4%0.47pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

Where these numbers come from

Reading these figures

The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Where QCEW withheld a value, the marked figure is an estimate that DTG produced under the constraints of the published record; suppression is a property of QCEW, not of DTG, and a withheld value is marked rather than silently omitted. Two things DTG itself holds back, and says so where it does: an estimate that cannot be given a reliability score is not shown, and average pay is not shown where fewer than three jobs are reported. The row is marked withheld, with the reason in a note beneath the table. The mark is on every row that carries a value: the headline, the yearly history, the subsectors and the other states. An estimated value that rounds below one is shown as less than one, not as zero. Quarterly figures, county figures and projected years are in the app.

How this figure was built

Employment is the average of the three monthly counts in each quarter, averaged across the year, and establishments are averaged across the year the same way. Average annual pay is the year’s total wages divided by that average employment. Each of these is DTG’s value: QCEW’s published figure where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate, marked, where it did not. How withheld values are estimated, and what the reliability score beside a figure means, are described on the industry data and disclosure and provenance pages.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry.

Notes

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Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction in Arkansas, quarterly, at full depth

This page shows annual figures for mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction in Arkansas. A free account shows every detailed industry beneath it, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.

County figures, file export and the API are on paid plans.